BME Capstone Process

Our goal

BME Capstone at Georgia Tech provides an opportunity for biomedical engineering seniors to experience product development in the medical device industry. Students internalize all aspects of the design and development process from ideation to commercialization working towards functional prototypes that address the users’ needs.

﻿

Four stages of the design process

how students and advisors work together

empathy
Clinical Immersion
Gain Empathy

discovery
Identify User Needs
Define Design Inputs

epiphany
Generate Concepts
Patent and Prior Art Search

assembly
Prototype
Testing

Advising a team

creating a small, passionate and powerful team.

The role of an adviser is to:

Help students fully understand a health-care issue

Participate in weekly communication

Provide design feedback and contribute to ideation

Assist with obtaining clinical access

Make a difference, mentor a small team of students and solve a real clinical need! submit a project

Our partners

Partner with students and develop a solution that addresses an unmet clinical need. submit a proposal